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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “maidenheads” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
maidenheads185144(None) 
maidenhead1751501maidenhead_
maidenhoods1851902maidenhoods
maidenhair1651193maidenh_air
maidenhairs1761053maidenhairs
maidenhood1752033maidenhood_
woodenheads1951403woodenheads
acidheads1642654acid__heads
airheads1246134_ai__rheads
baldheads1644134bald__heads
barrelheads1751534barrelheads
bridgeheads1991324bridgeheads
dunderheads1752554dunderheads
greenheads1542994_greenheads
hammerheads2251744hammerheads
hardheads1745774hard__heads
juiceheads2351874juice_heads
maddened1334894madden_e_d_
maenads1037374ma__en__ads
maidens10349664maiden____s
maidhoods1643634maid__hoods
mastheads1545244ma__stheads
nailheads1343654nai__lheads
pinheads14336244_pi__nheads
railheads1343974rai__lheads
riverheads1742744_riverheads
skinheads1742814ski__nheads
waterheads1744244wa_terheads
whiteheads2042984white_heads
woodenhead1851634woodenhead_

Search took 10 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911488190.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148819308.86016796.7
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691309.30919195.5
 
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